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May 16, 2013
To Whom It May Concern：
Name of Company: Central Japan Railway Company
Name of Representative: Yoshiomi Yamada,President and Representative Director(Code: 9022, First Sections of the TSE, OSE and NSE)
Contact Person: Ryo Ejiri,
General Manager of the Public Relations Department(Telephone No.: +81-52-564-2549)
Change in Officers
At the meeting of the Board of Directors of Central Japan Railway Company (the“Company”) held on May 16, 2013, the Company resolved to appoint Corporate Officers (two (2)persons) to assume office on June 21, 2013.
As of June 21, 2013, the composition of the Corporate Officers shall be as stated in Exhibit
attached hereto:1.

Appointment of Corporate Officers

New Corporate Officers (two (2) persons)Takanori Mizuno

Motoaki Terai

2.

Deputy Director General of the Chuo Shinkansen Promotion Division(currently a Deputy Director General of the Chuo ShinkansenPromotion Division )Deputy Director General of the Maglev Systems Development Divisionof the Chuo Shinkansen Promotion Division(currently a Deputy Director General of the Maglev Systems
Development Division of the Chuo Shinkansen Promotion Division )Roles Assigned to Corporate Officers (Reference) --- Exhibit hereto

Exhibit
May 16, 2013
Central Japan Railway Company

Roles Assigned to Corporate Officers
As of June 21, 2013, the roles to be assigned to each Corporate Officer shall be as follows(Changes have been underlined.):
Title
Senior Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theShinkansen Operations
Division and in charge ofcontrolling the Tracks andStructures Section

Name
Masaki Seki

Senior Corporate Executive Katsumi Miyazawa
Officer:
Director General of theCorporate Planning Division

Current Title(Same as to the left)(Same as to the left)

Senior Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theGeneral Technology
Division and in charge ofcontrolling the ElectricalEngineering SectionYutaka Osada(Same as to the left)

Senior Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theMaglev Systems
Development Division ofthe Chuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division

Noriyuki Shirakuni(Same as to the left)

Senior Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theConventional Lines
Operations Division

Sumio Kudo

(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive
Officer:
Deputy Director General of
the General Technology
Division, General Managerof the Technology Planning
Department of the General
Technology Division, Headof Consulting andCoordination Office –Overseas High Speed
Railway Project of theTechnology Planning
Department of the General
Technology Division and incharge of the Overseas High
Speed Railway ProjectShun-ichi Kosuge(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive
Mamoru Uno
Officer:
Director General of the
Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive
Officer:
General Manager of the
Administration Department

Yoshiki Suyama(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive
Officer:
General Manager of theLegal Affairs Department

Makoto Baba

(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive
Officer:
General Manager of the
Personnel Department

Yoshito Tsubouchi(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive
Officer:
General Manager of the
Finance Department

Hidenori Fujii(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theMarketing Division

Sumio Atsuchi(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theBusiness Promotion
Division

Kimiaki Tanaka(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive
Officer:
General Manager of theConstruction Department
and in charge of controlling
the Construction Section

Kiyoshi Watanabe(Same as to the left)

Corporate Executive
Officer:
General Manager of theTransportation Safety
Department

Hideyuki Shoji(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Deputy General Manager ofthe Construction
Department

Shuichi Takashima(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Director General of the
Shizuoka Branch OfficeKenji Hamada(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Director General of theKansai Branch Office

Hiroyuki Kawarasaki (Same as to the left)

Tokuji Matsuno
Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General of
the Corporate Planning
Division, General Managerof the Project Development
Department of the Corporate
Planning Division, General
Manager of the Investment
Planning Department of the
Corporate Planning Division
and General Manager of theTokyo Project Development
Department of the Corporate
Planning Division(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Yoshihiro Yamamoto
Deputy Director General of
the Corporate Planning
Division and General
Manager of the Information
Systems Department of theCorporate Planning Division(Same as to the left)Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General of
the General Technology
Division, General Managerof the Technology Researchand Development
Department of the General
Technology Division and in
charge of controlling theRolling Stock Section

Kazuhiro Igarashi(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General ofthe Maglev Systems
Development Division ofthe Chuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division andGeneral Manager of
Yamanashi Maglev Test
Center of the Maglev
Systems Development
Division of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion
Division

Yasukazu Endo

(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General ofthe Business Promotion
Division

Yoshihisa
Yamaguchi(Same as to the left)

Corporate Officer:Deputy Director General ofthe Chuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division

Takanori Mizuno[Deputy Director General of theChuo Shinkansen PromotionDivision]

Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General ofthe Maglev SystemsDevelopment Division ofthe Chuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division

Motoaki Terai[Deputy Director General of theMaglev Systems Development
Division of the Chuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division]